Acclaimed Vocalist Libby York Offers a Swingin' Take on classic standards From Porter to Fagen on Memoir Featuring Warren Vache, cornet, Russell Malone,guitar, John DiMartino,piano, Martin Wind,bass & Greg Sergo,drums www.libbyyork.com " Ms. York is a jazz singer of cool composure and artful subtlety." — Nate Chinen, New York Times “York has a sound that recalls, without any condescension or gratuitous nostalgia… post war Anita O’Day, Chris Connor and Sarah Vaughan." — John McDonough, DownBeat LIbby York, like the very best of interpretive singers, has the gift of transforming a song into a personal anthem. On her new album, Memoir (March 24, 2014, Libby York Music), she probes the lyrical content of a work to uncover inner connections to her own experience and state of being, finding individual relevance in a wide swath of standards from iconic composers including Cole Porter and George Gershwin to present day songsmith Donald Fagen. Her "memoir " may be fashioned from the pens of others, but the